""We're very sorry! We thought you were an intruder!""
Caelus looked dumbfounded as he pursed his lips tightly. His eyes were slightly bigger than usual as imaginary sweat was forming in his face.
*What's with this situation… I didn't even say anything yet and they are saying sorry already…*
It was bizarre. But he just attributed it to him being the owner of the Shelter or the people were scared that he had the three beside him. Anyone would be scared if they felt three intense bloodlust, right?
"It's fine. I didn't want to disrupt the meeting. I just wanted to spectate. I didn't expect this to happen. Ha-ha…'
He nervously laughed as he observed everyone.
He could clearly see how everyone was nervous and afraid of the three founders.
*Just what did they do for them to be feared like this? Even Hikari-neechan?*
He felt just blinking innocently.
"Uh… well… continue. Go along. I just arrived so I just wanted to observe. Just imagine I'm not here. Hahaha." He tried to lighten up the mood but the three founders were still glaring at those who tried to attack him.
*… Were they always this protective towards me…? W-what happened while I was gone…?*
He felt so lost.
*I need to talk with them later on. But now is not the time. I've already disrupted their meeting. Meetings are made so that people would come up with conclusions that need to be taken action as quickly as possible. B-but… why aren't they saying anything?!*
He cleared his throat. "Continue with the topic of food supplies. Are we really lacking supplies?"
"Please, sit." Hikari guided him to the throne. He paralyzed when he realized the reason it was left empty. It was so he could sit there.
He looked at the long table before looking back at the tall elevated throne standing empty but proudly. It felt like a seat molded for the king. Adorned with a gold pattern, it was exuding royalty even when it was just an item.
He felt complicated as he looked at the seats that were placed lower than the throne. While he was feeling complicated and having a stoic facial expression. All the people sat down in their respective seats.
"Yes, we are lacking food supplies. You were locked off the some Zone so we couldn't reach you. However, the supplies inside the Glitch Shop are dwindling. We can't keep this up. If left alone, in six months, we won't have anything to eat. There are other people using the Glitch Shop as their means of survival. I think the Glitch Shop is available all around the world."
"There's still a lot of stock now, but as Hikari said, it will be gone in six months. Even if we wanted to buy everything, GP is the problem. Most of the easy grinding spots of Common Zones are being managed by Dragon Riders. It's hard to even slip through. I tried, but I was almost caught. It's not ideal to bring a team there."
"That's why Hikari suggested farming as we have abundant farming land thanks to Sanctuary maintaining the shelter."
He nodded, understanding that was the topic he came upon listening earlier.
He cleared his throat realizing that all eyes were pointed at him. He felt burdened with their expectations.
*What do you want? Do you want me to come up with a solution you guys couldn't even solve?* He wanted to joke but the pressure of their gaze just intensified.
"Do we have enough manpower to do it?"
"We don't have enough Farmer Classes. We would need to get the manpower from other classes."
"How about getting people outside? I can see that our shelter still has a lot of empty spaces. I bet people would love to settle down with us."
"We can't hastily do that! You might not know it, but we have captured a Dragon Rider slave before! They've already turned away from humanity!"
"Yes, we would have a lot of casualties if not for the law of the shelter!"
And so, another set of negative opposition was voiced.
He could only let out a sigh. "Okay. enough. I understand your point. We just need to look into them more clearly. Hikari could do the interrogation for new members or anyone with the same ability. Wait… don't we have something like that?"
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Silence.
"No way…?"
Gouki cleared his throat. "Yes. We didn't add that."
*No wonder there came a spy. But thinking about it… Asahi just saves anyone… Hikari… the same. And Gouki would rather not care for people who could be just a burden.*
"Let's add that, then. And… while at it. Are our people registered?"
"Registered? You mean the System? Everyone we met was already registered to the System."
"I'm talking about Sanctuary. Sanctuary could log all information, sort it out and give access only to those who should have access, like the member himself and the branch he or she would be assigned.
"Of course, it would be crucial for Founders to know it for now. But when we have all in order, we should restrict the access of information only Sanctuary would be given access and the person to protect everyone's privacy."
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There was a long silence this time.
"D-don't tell me… we don't have a registration system with Sanctuary? Why are we not using the Sanctuary's memory when we have her? Didn't you ask Sanctuary to take care of it? We need data from everyone in the Shelter…"
"W-we…"
"What?" He continued asking in disbelief. He couldn't believe they were not asking Sanctuary to collect data!
Although Caelus saw her as a friend, he knew she was an AI with a lot of growth and potential. She even could teach about Energy and Mana!
"W-we didn't think of it."
"I don't have an excuse." It was Gouki.
"You have, you're too busy with creating laws that people often try to find loopholes so you have to amend them and thus consuming too much of your time. And you still had to attack Zones that would be beneficial to us to raid. You're securing our GP." It was Asahi who defended Gouki.
"And Asahi has been too busy with leading the people and training them to be systematize. He's also busy dealing with people trying to play politics. While, I am busy supporting Alisa and also surveying everyone what they think we could do to make the place better." Hikari sighed.
In her defense, they were really too busy the moment they arrived.
There was a lack of food. Those who wanted power were doing their best to rile up those they know. Those people who don't have any group were forced to join sides making everything a battle between groups.
There was even a group of just children, elderly and women who just wanted to make things better but were getting bullied by those combat classes.
It was a mess brought up by staying too long outside the messy chaotic world they now have.
Almost everything needed to be kept in order. To start organizing.
She barely had taken a breather when this meeting was held and everyone was just so opposed to being self-sufficient.
However, when she thought about it deeply, it was reasonable because they were in the heart of Yamato. The capital which had no place for farming. All the food they had was delivered from the provinces.
Only private owned lands would have some garden that houses food. It was too rare to find anyone who knows how to cultivate food.
However, being with Alisa's group, she believed it was possible to cultivate their own if they just united.
"Okay, I get it. Sanctuary, starting today, draw an outline on how we can implement registration towards Sanctuary Shelter. This way, we can monitor everyone and we won't have a hard time tracing if someone went missing. I noticed when you said about the missing person that you didn't know them and you just knew that they went missing for the Mana or Energy signature.
"If we can register everyone, not only we would be more organized, we can also see if there's a disruption in our shelter."
"Agreed"
""Agreed.""
He blinked, not expecting that all would agree at once. He thought they would have opposition here and there.
*Did my suggestion look like it came from a genius? Why are they looking at me like that?* He felt bothered by the weird gazes he was receiving.